The council meeting
was called to order by Mayor Rozier with Councilman Myrick giving the
invocation. Councilmembers Griffin, Grizzard, Kerby, Key, Myrick,
Otto, Attorney Raymond Dickey, City Administrator Charles Akridge and City
Clerk Diane Proudfoot were present.

Councilman Myrick
made a motion to approve the draft copy of the minutes of the May 5th council
meeting.Councilman Otto seconded the
motion and it passed without opposition.Councilman Myrick made a motion to approve the agenda of the May 19, 2016
meeting with the addition of Item #6 Home Occupation for Taylor Tool Company at
205 Cherry Street and Item #7 Executive Session to discuss Attorney/Client Privilege.
Councilman Grizzard seconded the motion
and it passed without opposition.

Mayor Rozier
introduced Peter Mueller who grew up in Chatham County, has practiced law for
29 years and is running for Superior Court Judge.The Superior Court handles all of Chatham
County felony, divorces, child custody, child support and lots of other law
suits and it is important that these cases move along at a reasonable
pace.There is a history of these cases
taking weeks longer and sometimes years than they should.He wishes to be elected and make a change in
the case proceedings and would appreciate your vote on May 24th.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:

City Administrator Akridge reported
that the Annual Memorial Ceremony will be held on Monday, May 30 at the
Veterans Freedom Park at 10:00am

Councilwoman Griffin reported
that spring soccer is completed and there are a few softball and baseball games
left.There are several teams in
softball & baseball that are in first place.The recreation department will, for the first
time, be sending four youth all-star baseball/softball teams to the CRPA
District Tournament and very proud of them.Co-ed softball has begun and any volunteer help would be appreciated.

Councilman Grizzard reported
the Patriotic Celebration will be on June 25th at Taylor Park with
singing, activities for the kids and fireworks.

NEW BUSINESS:

Consider a
rezoning request submitted by Ike LaRoche to rezone 3.85 acres located at
211 Walnut Street from R-1 to R-3.

Consider a
rezoning request submitted by Ike LaRoche to rezone 3.67 acres on the
south side of Walnut Street.After
discussion Mr. Ike LaRoche advised council that he wishes to withdraw his
request for the rezoning of his two properties.Mr. LaRoche understands the fees he paid
for the rezoning request are nonrefundable but he would be free to come
back with a request at any time in the future.

Consider purchase
of a Live Scan fingerprinting machine in the amount of $8,500.
(CIP/SPLOST) Councilman
Kerby made a motion to approve the purchase of a Live Scan fingerprinting
machine with the expenditure coming from Tech Fees.

Consider a Home
Occupation License application submitted by Mona Windmueller for an Online
Business at 208 Conaway Road.Ms.
Windmueller stated that this business would be for the selling of items
online only.Councilman Myrick made
a motion to issue the license and waive the public hearing.Councilman Otto seconded the motion and
it passed without opposition.

Consider
scheduling one (1) City Council meeting per month for the months of June,
July, August and September.Councilwoman
Key made a motion to approve holding one council meeting during the months
of June, July, August and September.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed without
opposition.

Consider a Home
Occupation License application submitted by Jason Taylor for a mobile tool
store at 205 Cherry Street.Councilman
Grizzard made a motion to issue the license and waive the public
hearing.Councilman Kerby seconded
the motion and it passed without opposition.

City Administrator Akridge advised that on May 31st
at 6:00pm Humanities Foundation will hold an informational meeting to introduce
a proposed senior development on Wildcat Dam Road.

Councilman Kerby made a
motion to adjourn into Executive Session for Attorney/Client Privilege.Councilman Grizzard seconded the motion and
it passed without opposition.

At the conclusion of
the executive session, Councilman Myrick made a motion to return to the general
session and execute the affidavit as required by the Open Meetings Law.
Councilman Grizzard seconded the motion and it passed without opposition.

The accounts payables were presented
with Councilman Myrick making a motion to pay the bills, Councilman Otto seconded
the motion and it passed without opposition.

There being no further business,
Councilman Otto made a motion to adjourn at 8:20pm.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and
it passed without opposition.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane Proudfoot, City Clerk

Note:Section § 50-14-1 of the Official Code of the
State of Georgia Annotated requires that the minutes shall, as a minimum,
include a description of each motion or other proposal made, and a record of
all votes.These minutes meet the
minimum requirements.However, in an
attempt to provide as much information as possible to the citizens, the
recording clerk has included additional background data and discussion on the
subjects presented to council.The
statements of individuals are not verbatim and may be summary in nature.